Project management

Project management

Referring to the discipline of planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project objectives.

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Activity

Business services; Project management

(1) A component of work performed during the course of a project. See also schedule activity. (2) A task or set of tasks that are carried out in order to create an assignable deliverable. Task and ...

Project team directory

Business services; Project management

A documented list of project team members, and their project roles and communication information.

Independent float

Business services; Project management

Degree of flexibility, which an activity has, that does not affect the float available on any preceding or succeeding activities.

Threat

Business services; Project management

A condition or situation unfavourable to the project, a negative set of circumstances, a negative set of events, a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs, or a ...

Project team members

Business services; Project management

The persons who report either directly or indirectly to the project manager, and who are responsible for performing project work as a regular part of their assigned duties.

Negative float

Business services; Project management

Time by which the start or finish date of an activity exceeds a required or late date.

Three-point estimate

Business services; Project management

An analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent the optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic scenarios. This technique is applied to improve the accuracy of the ...